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Patients

Taking Fexofenadine
24 Patients currently take Fexofenadine
1 Patient stopped taking Fexofenadine
hawaiihelpsms Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: moderate See profile hawaiihelpsms Allegra, 180mg daily since Jul 14, 2004
PenguinChic26 Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: none Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile PenguinChic26 Allegra, mg as needed since May 17, 2007
Darr Sex: M Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Darr Allegra, 360mg daily since Jan 29, 2008

Brand Names: Allegra
Generic Name: Fexofenadine

What is Fexofenadine? Fexofenadine is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication fexofenadine does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

25 patients in the community are taking or have taken Fexofenadine.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	15	60%
Seasonal allergies	4	16%
General health	2	8%
Allergies	1	4%
Headache	1	4%
Swallowing	1	4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Fexofenadine.

0 mg As needed	0 mg Daily	30 mg As needed	20 mg Daily	50 mg Daily	60 mg Daily	100 mg Daily	120 mg Daily	180 mg Daily	360 mg Daily
1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	12	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Fexofenadine or how long patients were taking Fexofenadine before stopping.

Currently taking Fexofenadine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	1	4	5	10

Stopped taking Fexofenadine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	1	0	0	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fexofenadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	1	100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	50%	1
Moderate	50%	1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

edawgg

Sex: F

Sensation: Mild

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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by edawgg
Aug 24, 2008